Group 1: James and Kimberly
United Nations PP. 190-191;
Canada was one of the nations that helped to form the United Nations an international organization to promote peace and human rights in the world;
-Unlike the LON during WW2, people thought the United Nations would be more effective because countries like the United States were involved;
Conflict in the middle east threatened world peace;
The conflict was between Israel and Arab nations but a truce was signed in 1948 and lasted till 1956;
Factors that increased tensions between the Arabs and the nation of Israel were:
-massive petroleum reserves used by the USA and Great Britain and France;
-strategic location;
-The Middle East is still a threat to the world today;
-Canada sent troops to make sure peace was being held;
-Canada helped with the truce between the Arabs and the people of Israel.
Group 2: Jahir and Machalia
The Korean War
In 1950 Communist North Korea supported by Communist China decided to attack South Korea
Nearly 25 000 Canadians saw action before the truce was set in 1953;
over 1000 Canadians were wouded and 406 were killed
Canada troops were asked to stay in Korea untill 1955 to help maintain the uneasy truce
Group 3: Matthew, Monique and Anthony
Lester B Pearson and the Suez Crisis
Virtual Peace and Security in the World, PP. 190
-Canada provided the largest number of soldiers to the U.N. Peace Keeping Army;
-Lester Pearson proposed that all troops be withdrawn from teh area and that the two warning sides be kept apart by a special U.N. peacekeeping force;
-since 1956 the U.N.s Peacekeeping force has been used in many other parts of the world;
-Lester Pearson was awarded the 1957 Nobel Piece Prize for his recommendations and actions toward peacekeeping
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Monday, 10 December 2012
Dec 10, 2012 Small Group Work (DI)
The following information was gathered by each group regarding Chapter 12 of CHC2P's textbook.
Group 1: James, Jhomar and Kimberly
Igor Gouzenko
-Igor worked for the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa;
-Once Igor determined that he was going to be sent home to Russia, he gave up away Soviet Spy names and locations;
-Everytime Igor spoke in public he wore a mask so he would not be identified;
-Canada protected Igor from the Soviet spies that tried to kill him.
Warsaw Pact
-countries involved in the Warsaw Pact:
Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Soviet Union and Albania
-The Warsaw Pact was a defense treaty between eight communist states in Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
-The Warsaw Pact was created because the United Nations created NATO-North American Treaty Organization)
-Soviet Union tried to spread their communist beliefs across Europe especially in countries under the Iron Curtain
-The Treaty was signed in Warsaw Poland
Group 2: Gsenia and Machalia
-Norad agreement was singned in 1958. Canada and the United States helped defend one another;
-The DEW or Distant Early Warning system was able to pick up approaching enemy air crafts and missiles from 4800 km away;
-NORAD headquarters is located under 400 m of solid granite close to Colorado
-The first Sputnik satelite was launched in 1957;
-Sputnik was used to deliver nuclear war head anywhere in North America. The Soviets responded by building longrange missiles;
-Cuba's Missiles could easily hit any major city in North America. United States made a blockade around Cuba so no more delivery rockets and nuclear bombs could easily be delivered into the island;
-Soviet Ships turned back and the Cuba Missile Crisis was over.
Group 3: Matthew and Anthony
After WW2 Canada's birth rate increased;
After the war men and women returned home from the war and reunited with their families. This resulted in an increase in the live birth rate;
Inquiry
What provinces in Canada had the highest birth rate?
What year did the birth rate in Canada reach it's highest peak?
Where was the birth rate the highest? In urban or rural Canada?
Group 4- Kevin and Monique
Orgins of the Cold War
Joseph Stalin had promised the United States and England that he would allow free elections in these countries, but he did not deliver his promise. In 1948, Stalin had forced Communist governments on these countries. Stalin's actions infuriated the United States and its allies. The world had been rid of one powerful dictator, but had been replaced by another. After six years of terrible fighting during the WW2, neither side wanted more casulaities, therefore they resorted to the Cold War.
NATO
In order to protect the democratic governments of the West against Soviet expansion. Canda and the United States joined with 10 European countries to form the military alliance known as NATO in 1949. The member countries pledged to protect each other from enemy attack.
The Avro Arrow
The CF-105 or Avro Arrow was a supersonic jet developed by the Canadian Government. Faster than any other aircraft the Arrow was designed to carry nuclear-tipped missiles to destroy soviet bomb attacks in the Canadian North.
Group 1: James, Jhomar and Kimberly
Igor Gouzenko
-Igor worked for the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa;
-Once Igor determined that he was going to be sent home to Russia, he gave up away Soviet Spy names and locations;
-Everytime Igor spoke in public he wore a mask so he would not be identified;
-Canada protected Igor from the Soviet spies that tried to kill him.
Warsaw Pact
-countries involved in the Warsaw Pact:
Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Soviet Union and Albania
-The Warsaw Pact was a defense treaty between eight communist states in Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
-The Warsaw Pact was created because the United Nations created NATO-North American Treaty Organization)
-Soviet Union tried to spread their communist beliefs across Europe especially in countries under the Iron Curtain
-The Treaty was signed in Warsaw Poland
Group 2: Gsenia and Machalia
-Norad agreement was singned in 1958. Canada and the United States helped defend one another;
-The DEW or Distant Early Warning system was able to pick up approaching enemy air crafts and missiles from 4800 km away;
-NORAD headquarters is located under 400 m of solid granite close to Colorado
-The first Sputnik satelite was launched in 1957;
-Sputnik was used to deliver nuclear war head anywhere in North America. The Soviets responded by building longrange missiles;
-Cuba's Missiles could easily hit any major city in North America. United States made a blockade around Cuba so no more delivery rockets and nuclear bombs could easily be delivered into the island;
-Soviet Ships turned back and the Cuba Missile Crisis was over.
Group 3: Matthew and Anthony
After WW2 Canada's birth rate increased;
After the war men and women returned home from the war and reunited with their families. This resulted in an increase in the live birth rate;
Inquiry
What provinces in Canada had the highest birth rate?
What year did the birth rate in Canada reach it's highest peak?
Where was the birth rate the highest? In urban or rural Canada?
Group 4- Kevin and Monique
Orgins of the Cold War
Joseph Stalin had promised the United States and England that he would allow free elections in these countries, but he did not deliver his promise. In 1948, Stalin had forced Communist governments on these countries. Stalin's actions infuriated the United States and its allies. The world had been rid of one powerful dictator, but had been replaced by another. After six years of terrible fighting during the WW2, neither side wanted more casulaities, therefore they resorted to the Cold War.
NATO
In order to protect the democratic governments of the West against Soviet expansion. Canda and the United States joined with 10 European countries to form the military alliance known as NATO in 1949. The member countries pledged to protect each other from enemy attack.
The Avro Arrow
The CF-105 or Avro Arrow was a supersonic jet developed by the Canadian Government. Faster than any other aircraft the Arrow was designed to carry nuclear-tipped missiles to destroy soviet bomb attacks in the Canadian North.
Monday, 26 November 2012
Nov 26-30 News
Chapter 9-11 Test on Friday November 30
Assessment No. 1 Completed
Assessment No. 2 November 27
Homework: Read PP. 152-157
Assessment No. 1 Completed
Assessment No. 2 November 27
Homework: Read PP. 152-157
Sunday, 18 November 2012
Chapter 9-10 Evaluation Task-Nov 19
Complete the following writing assignment and submit your work to CHC2P1@gmail.com or the drop box in class.
Answer the following questions, based on "The Background to World War II".
Part A: (Knowledge/Understanding, Research and Communication /25 Marks Total)
Hints: Chapter 9-10 textbook for information, Word Charts for communicating your responses and Microsoft Word for organizing your answers. Good Luck!
1. Write a paragraph in which you describe the background causes to WWII.
2. In what ways did the Jewish people in Germany suffer from discrimination in the 1930's?
3. In your opinion, why was there discrimination against Jewish people in Nazi Germany?
4. Study the following passages from the Catechism of the Catholic Church and Gaudium et Spes:
"The dignity of the human person is rooted in his creation in the image and likeness of God."
[Catechism of the Catholic Church, Section 1700]
"There is a growing awareness of the sublime [high] dignity of human persons, who stand above all things and whose rights and duties are universal and inviolable [very strong]. They ought, therefore, to have ready access [entry] to all that is necessary for living a genuinely human life: for example, food, clothing, housing, the right freely to choose their state of life and set up a family, the right to education, work, to their good name, to respect, to proper knowledge, the right to act according to the dictates of conscience and to safeguard their privacy, and rightful freedom, including freedom of religion."
[Gaudium et Spes (The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World), 1965]
Answer the following questions, based on "The Background to World War II".
Part A: (Knowledge/Understanding, Research and Communication /25 Marks Total)
Hints: Chapter 9-10 textbook for information, Word Charts for communicating your responses and Microsoft Word for organizing your answers. Good Luck!
**Double space your responses and include a course title page**.
1. Write a paragraph in which you describe the background causes to WWII.
2. In what ways did the Jewish people in Germany suffer from discrimination in the 1930's?
3. In your opinion, why was there discrimination against Jewish people in Nazi Germany?
4. Study the following passages from the Catechism of the Catholic Church and Gaudium et Spes:
"The dignity of the human person is rooted in his creation in the image and likeness of God."
[Catechism of the Catholic Church, Section 1700]
"There is a growing awareness of the sublime [high] dignity of human persons, who stand above all things and whose rights and duties are universal and inviolable [very strong]. They ought, therefore, to have ready access [entry] to all that is necessary for living a genuinely human life: for example, food, clothing, housing, the right freely to choose their state of life and set up a family, the right to education, work, to their good name, to respect, to proper knowledge, the right to act according to the dictates of conscience and to safeguard their privacy, and rightful freedom, including freedom of religion."
[Gaudium et Spes (The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World), 1965]
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
November 13th, 2012
Agenda
Media Website review-Canada at War
Media clips about Facism versus Dictatorship
Facism versus Dictatorship- T'Chart
Chapter 9 #5, #8; P. 139 #1-2
Chapter 9 Word Charts due today!
Quiz on Monday November 19, 2012 Chapter 9- All
Media Website review-Canada at War
Media clips about Facism versus Dictatorship
Facism versus Dictatorship- T'Chart
Chapter 9 #5, #8; P. 139 #1-2
Chapter 9 Word Charts due today!
Quiz on Monday November 19, 2012 Chapter 9- All
Thursday, 8 November 2012
CHC2P Canadian History Work List To Nov 8
Item Description Category Resource
1 Identity Composition-Chapter 1 Communication Textbook
Chapter 1 Word Charts Handout
2 Chapter 1 Quiz Knowledge
3 Causes of WW1 Worksheet Research Worksheet
Chapter 2 Word Charts Knowledge Handout
4 Chapter 3 Word Charts Knowledge Handout
5 Brian Gosling WW1 Communication Audio
6 Chapter 1 Poster Communication Textbook
7 Chapter 1 Newsflash Application Newspaper
8 Spark And The Flame W/S Knowledge Worksheet
9 WW1 Email Response Knowledge Email
10 Unit 1 Test K I C A
Chapter 4 Word Charts Handout
11 WW1 Europe Map Application Handout
12 Chapter 5 Word Charts Knowledge Handout
13 Chapter 5 Quiz Knowledge
14 Chapter 1-5 Timeline Knowledge Board
Chapter 6 Word Charts Knowledge Handout
15 Chapter 6 Quiz Knowledge
16 Chapter 5-6 Test Knowledge
Chapter 7 Word Charts Knowledge Handout
Chapter 8 Word Charts Knowledge Handout
17 Chapter 6-8 Writing Exercise Knowledge
1 Identity Composition-Chapter 1 Communication Textbook
Chapter 1 Word Charts Handout
2 Chapter 1 Quiz Knowledge
3 Causes of WW1 Worksheet Research Worksheet
Chapter 2 Word Charts Knowledge Handout
4 Chapter 3 Word Charts Knowledge Handout
5 Brian Gosling WW1 Communication Audio
6 Chapter 1 Poster Communication Textbook
7 Chapter 1 Newsflash Application Newspaper
8 Spark And The Flame W/S Knowledge Worksheet
9 WW1 Email Response Knowledge Email
10 Unit 1 Test K I C A
Chapter 4 Word Charts Handout
11 WW1 Europe Map Application Handout
12 Chapter 5 Word Charts Knowledge Handout
13 Chapter 5 Quiz Knowledge
14 Chapter 1-5 Timeline Knowledge Board
Chapter 6 Word Charts Knowledge Handout
15 Chapter 6 Quiz Knowledge
16 Chapter 5-6 Test Knowledge
Chapter 7 Word Charts Knowledge Handout
Chapter 8 Word Charts Knowledge Handout
17 Chapter 6-8 Writing Exercise Knowledge
Thursday, 1 November 2012
Nov 1
Take Up PP. 128 #1, #4 to be handed in class #5
Chapter 8- Depression Word Sheets Due Today
Chapter 7/8 Summary View website slide show below
http://www.slideshare.net/mrbjwalters/1920s-the-roaring-life-in-canada
Homework: Read Chapter 9
***TEST about Chapter 7-8 on Tuesday November 6, 2012***
Chapter 8- Depression Word Sheets Due Today
Chapter 7/8 Summary View website slide show below
http://www.slideshare.net/mrbjwalters/1920s-the-roaring-life-in-canada
Homework: Read Chapter 9
***TEST about Chapter 7-8 on Tuesday November 6, 2012***
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